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    CVE-2011-0538

    Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.

    Published:Feb 3, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Feb 8, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.28357
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35314

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
    http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
    http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High